Accreditation and License
Attestation in Kazakhstan
KIMEP has a license to offer academic programs from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The last visit of an attestation commission from the Ministry, on April 14-16 2008, resulted in KIMEP being awarded five-year attestation for all degree programs.
State Diploma
From 2010, every graduate of KIMEP is issued a State Diploma (in the format required by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan) in addition to a KIMEP diploma. Graduating student should contact the Office of the Registrar regarding his/ her State and KIMEP diplomas.
Specialized Membership
- Department of Public Administration: Member of NASPAA, The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
- Bang College of Business (BCB): Member of AACSB International, The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business
- Bang College of Business (BCB): Member of AFBE, Asian Forum on Business Education
- Bang College of Business (BCB): Member of American Chamber of Commerce
Professional Membership
The Institution currently holds membership in the following organizations:
- The Informational Consortium of Kazakhstani Libraries
In 2004 KIMEP became the only institute in Central Asia to win candidacy status at AACSB, the international accreditation agency. KIMEP’s membership status in AACSB remains, and further plans to achieve college- and program-specific accreditation are underway.
Program Accreditation
On September 19, 2011, the BSc and MBA programs in the Bang College of Business received Level II (Regional) accreditation from the Asian Forum on Business Education.This means that BCB is recognized by AFBE as a strong business school in the Asian region, with a substantial regional reputation and presence in Asia, standing in comparison with institutions in China, Korea, Singapore and Malaysia among others.
The award also confirms that KIMEP is two to four years from achieving the ‘gold standard’ of global business school accreditation – AASCB and EQUIS. This is in line with KIMEP’s own strategy to achieve this recognition in the next three years.
State License
KIMEP’s state license and confirmation of attestation can be found in the following slideshow:
